Thanks again for your help. I think that the picture is getting clearer in my mind.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Thomas Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:37 AM To: pgsql-general @ postgresql . org Subject: Re: FW: [GENERAL] Allowing user to connect to a database? On 19/06/2003 14:04 Carlos Oliva wrote: > Hi Paul, > This worked very well. Perhaps, you can help me with another > question: If I write an aaa bbb ccc of 200.200.200.0, do all clientes > with IP addresses between 0.0.0.0 and 200.200.200.0 can connect? > No. The client ips would have to be in the range 200.200.200.1 to 200.200.200.254. The rules for sub-nets and sub-net masks can be a bit confusing and I've yet to find a tutorial on-line which is easy to follow. It might help you to think of 200.200.200.0 as 200.200.200.*. HTH -- Paul Thomas +------------------------------+---------------------------------------- -----+ | Thomas Micro Systems Limited | Software Solutions for the Smaller Business | | Computer Consultants | http://www.thomas-micro-systems-ltd.co.uk | +------------------------------+---------------------------------------- -----+ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly